Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware

A fake CAPTCHA scam is tricking Windows users into running PowerShell commands that install StealC malware and steal passwords, crypto wallets, and more.

New ClickFix attack abuses nslookup to retrieve PowerShell payload via DNS

Threat actors are now abusing DNS queries as part of ClickFix social engineering attacks to deliver malware, making this the first known use of DNS as a channel in these campaigns.

Nia Jax’s Table Spot Attempt Backfires Terribly on WWE SmackDown

Chaos erupted during Friday’s WWE SmackDown tag team title bout, and what started as a power move quickly spiraled into a moment the crowd won’t forget anytime soon. Nia Jax had a plan to execute at ...
Microsoft

New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.
Los Angeles Times

Those who execute military orders carry all the risk

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The dispute between Sen. Mark Kelly and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is being told as a simple morality play.
Washington Monthly

Save Humphrey’s Executor. Save the Supreme Court (Sort Of)

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get two stories in your inbox every weekday, plus a best-of-the-week roundup on Sundays. Opt out any time. Constant Contact Use ...
Deadline.com

‘The Long Walk’: Read The Screenplay That Turns Stephen King’s 1970s Novel Into An Allegory For Our Time

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with The Long Walk, Lionsgate’s psychological thriller from director Francis ...
The Harvard Crimson

Summers Named Successor Executor in 2014 Draft of Epstein’s Will

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was once designated as a successor executor in convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s will, positioning him to oversee Epstein’s estate if the primary ...
TechSpot

These popular browser extensions protecting your AI chats were actually copying them

A hot potato: Several widely installed browser extensions endorsed by both Google and Microsoft secretly captured detailed user interactions with AI chat platforms. According to findings released by ...
Futurism

Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit

You know those memes about how there’s no such thing as a free VPN? Here’s the ultimate cautionary tale. A recent investigation by Tel Aviv-based security firm Koi uncovered a massive data harvesting ...
Ars Technica

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting users’ complete and extended AI conversations and selling them for marketing purposes, according to data collected from the Google ...